Improved confidence drives uptick in electronic transactions
The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI), measuring the value of all electronic transactions cleared through BankservAfrica at seasonally adjusted real prices, showed a marginal uptick in August 2024. Increasing confidence levels, along with expected...
Investments in data protection are growing
Senior IT professionals in small-to-large-sized businesses are investing a substantial amount of their IT budgets into data protection and recovery, according to the latest Arcserve State of Data Resilience in the Enterprise survey. “The high standard deviation (21%)...
Fintech market resilient after a banner year in 2021
Global fintech investment declined from $111,2-billion in the second half of 2021(H221) to $107,8-billion in H122 but remained remarkably resilient compared to historical trends given the challenges affecting the broader investment market, including geopolitical...
Tiny laser will help to find water on the Moon
Finding water on the Moon could be easier with a Goddard technology that uses an effect called quantum tunneling to generate a high-powered terahertz laser, filling a gap in existing laser technology. Locating water and other resources is a NASA priority crucial to...
Inaugural Africa Education Medal goes to Prof Phakeng
University of Cape Town (UCT) vice-chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has been named the winner of the inaugural Africa Education Medal, launched this year by T4 Education and HP in collaboration with Intel and Microsoft. Professor Phakeng was chosen from among...
Study shows Chinese cities are leading in carbon reduction
Thirty-eight Chinese cities have reduced their emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) despite growing economies and populations for at least five years - defined as proactively peaked cities, a new study reveals. A further 21 cities have cut CO2 emissions as...
Intel debuts socketed SoC processors for the edge
Intel has announced the availability of its 12th Gen Intel CoreTM SoC processors for IoT Edge. Representing a new lineup of purpose-built edge products optimized for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, this first-of-its-kind socketed system-on-chip (SoC) delivers...
Retail trends for 2022 and beyond
Gears switched at the beginning of 2022 as we entered a new phase in a retail eco-system that was still massaging aches and pains and playing catch up with new consumer behavioural patterns evolving as - "new ways of doing things", "adaptability" and "having an...
Celebs take the plunge for Special Olympic National Games
The annual Special Olympics South Africa Polar Plunge is back, now in its sixth year, will see more than 150 celebs and well-known personalities taking the plunge into icy water to help raise funds for the 2022 Special Olympics South Africa National Games taking place...
Licensing exemption and regulation notice published for public comment
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe has published the Licensing Exemption and Regulation Notice under section 36(4) of the Electricity Regulation Act (2006), for public comment in Government Gazette No. 46845 3 of 02 September 2022. The Licensing...
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Workonline Communications offers remote peering to LINX
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Francois Stols is new MD of Altech Multimedia
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Telkom, Google and Bango introduce Direct Carrier Billing
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PayGate CashPay service embraces the unbanked
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Matrix provides flexible location sharing
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Digital marketing helps SMEs fight above their weight
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Senior Cloud Engineer – Remote Remote
Senior Cloud Engineer – Cape TownCompany will pay for re-locationDesign, Develop and Implement Cloud-based Applications and Services leveraging Docker, AWS, Terraform, and EKS.Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Architects, DevOps Engineers and Product...
Technical Support Agent
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Desktop Technician
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Mobile Application Developer
Looking for an innovative Mobile Application Developer with demonstrated experience in writing well designed, testable, efficient code by using benchmarked software development practices. Key Requirements 5+ years' experienceBachelor's Degree / BTechFlutter OR React...
Technical Support Agent – Gauteng Pretoria
ENVIRONMENT:An internet provider in Pretoria is looking for a highly skilled and experienced Tier 2 Technical Support Agent. This role involves supporting the Technical Support Manager by providing technical guidance, troubleshooting assistance, and expertise to...
Desktop Technician – Western Cape Cape Town CBD
The main duty of a technician is to attend to damaged or faulty laptop/printer/phones diagnoses and repair installation,diagnosis,maintenance and repair of PC hardwaresetup,configuration and troubleshooting of desktop/notebook hardware and softwarefault finding and...
Mobile Application Developer – Gauteng Johannesburg Region
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IT Applications Manager at Parvana Recruitment
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